V-Ray for 3ds Max

V-Ray for 3ds Max 3.6 is the core development of Chaos Group, which allows users to quickly and easily create realistic images while giving them full control over the 3D production process.

V-Ray for 3ds Max is the most complete lighting, shading and rendering toolkit on the market, making speed and simplicity accessible to all artists. The latest version delivers powerful feature set, technical advances and support for open source technologies.

Introducing V-Ray Hybrid: V-Ray’s new hybrid rendering technology adds CPU support to its NVIDIA CUDA-powered GPU renderer. V-Ray Hybrid maximizes your computing power by rendering on GPUs, CPUs or a combination of both. And the rendered images will be identical, regardless of hardware.

Improved Compositing: With an improved Light Select Render Element in V-Ray 3.6, you can now render the full contribution of any light, or group of lights, including global illumination, reflections and refractions for easy mixing in post.

Cryptomatte automatically generates ID mattes with support for transparency, depth of field and motion blur. If you’re composting in NUKE or Fusion, Cryptomatte is a great time-saver.

Now compatible with 3ds Max 2018, this update is free for all V-Ray 3.x customers.

INCREDIBLY FAST GPU RENDERING

Fine tune the look of your scenes in real time with the power of GPUs. Build materials, dial in cameras, and adjust lights interactively in the viewport. Switch to Production Mode when you’re ready to render final images.

GLOBAL ILLUMINATION

Choose from several global illumination options – exact, approximate or a hybrid of both.

ACCURATE LIGHTS

Simulate any type of natural, artificial, or image- based lighting. With area lights, sun & sky and IES lights, you can render artistically – and accurately.

PHYSICALLY-BASED MATERIALS

Create any type of physical material. From multilayered car paint to accurate subsurface scattering, you can make any material imaginable.

MEMORY-EFFICIENT TEXTURES

Work with production-ready, multiresolution tiled textures from your favorite applications, like MARI, Mudbox and Zbrush.

PHOTOREAL CAMERAS

Work like a photographer. Real-world camera controls let you capture images with detailed depth of field and cinematic motion blur.